UPDATED: Jacobo Used to Call Victim ‘Bro’

It was dark and chilly on Bartlett Street Sunday night, but still the street hummed. Sting’s “Every Breath You Take” blared from a parked car, all of its doors opened to the scene of adults, many in San Francisco 49ers gear, crying, hugging and mingling. Small children bent down to light candles at the temporary altar where nearly one week ago, police found 28-year-old Maurice White with fatal shots to his back and neck.

Two days later, Vincent Jacobo, who was the victim’s 56-year-old roommate, pled not guilty to murder and will return to court in November. He is being held without bail in County Jail Number 4 at 850 Bryant Street and declined to be interviewed for this article.

According to court documents, Jacobo’s mother is Maria Herrera, who is White’s grandmother. Maria Herrera denied that Jacobo was her son, saying, “all the kids who live here call me ‘mom,'” adding that she did not know why Jacobo would list her as such on official records.

Maria Herrera’s son, Isidor Herrera, also lives at 1130 Valencia Street and was also listed in court documents as Jacobo’s brother.